耐人尋味

Chinese

		to withstand; to bear	man; person; people	to chew over; to ruminate; to think over
trad. (耐人尋味)		耐	人	尋味
simp. (耐人寻味)		耐	人	寻味

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nàirénxúnwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ jan⁴ cam⁴ mei⁶
Min Nan (POJ): nāi-lîn-sîm-bī / nāi-jîn-sîm-bī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nàirénxúnwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nàirénsyúnwèi
  - Wade–Giles: nai⁴-jên²-hsün²-wei⁴
  - Yale: nài-rén-syún-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nayrenshyunwey
  - Palladius: найжэньсюньвэй (najžɛnʹsjunʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕyn³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: noi⁶ jan⁴ cam⁴ mei⁶
  - Yale: noih yàhn chàhm meih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ jan⁴ tsam⁴ mei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ yen⁴ cem⁴ méi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² jɐn²¹ t͡sʰɐm²¹ mei̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-lîn-sîm-bī
  - Tâi-lô: nāi-lîn-sîm-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naixlinsimbi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nãi²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴⁻²² ɕim²⁴⁻²² bi²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-jîn-sîm-bī
  - Tâi-lô: nāi-jîn-sîm-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naixjinsimbi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãi³³⁻²¹ ʑin²³⁻³³ ɕim²³⁻³³ bi³³/

Idiom

耐人尋味

to be thought-provoking; to provide food for thought

Synonyms

意味深長／意味深长 (yìwèishēncháng)

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